3. Membership
Any catamaran enthusiast may apply for membership of the Formula 16 Association of (Insert country/region) and be granted one of the following forms of membership following payment of the prescribed membership fee.
a) Types of membership
i) Full Membership is available to persons involved in Formula 16 class racing.
ii) Supporting Membership shall be available to those who do not actively race the F16 but would like to support the class and participate in social events. This may include sail makers, builders, designers or supporting friends and family interested in promoting and participating in class activities.
iii) Life Membership shall be available to those in recognition of exceptional past service. The AGM shall have the power to award life membership by a simple 75% majority.


Only Full members and Life Members may vote in ballots. Therefore it seems to be an inherent requirement that the member not only owns an F16 but races it. If a person has purchased a set of plans and is in the process of building an F16 or F16s then I think that the F16GC would need to rule on that individuals elegibility to vote. On the assumption that the individual is genuinely building an F16, it is unlikely that the F16GC would rule against that person voting since they have a genuine interest in the future of the class. Equally, if a person has merely purchased plans but has not yet commenced building or has made little or no progress over a considerable period of time, it is likely that persons voting rights would be removed or disallowed.

This is only my take on the 'spirit of the rule' and a full council meeting may view an individual situation differently.

At present, of course, noone is a full member of the F16 Association so for this first WGM at Zandvoort and associated voting we are accepting votes from all persons who own F16s or are in the process of building one. From 2008 we WILL enforce the clauses of the Constitution.